Is FLINT, MICHIGAN the WORST City In the United States?
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Flint has had a really rough go of it over the last 70 years or so, and the toll has come at the cost of the resident's health. Not only have residents had to deal with having high levels of lead in their water... but nearly all of the cities schools have closed too. With high unemployment rates and high poverty rates... Flint might just be the worst city to live in all of the U.S.
Is Flint the Worst City in the U.S.?: 0:00 - 21:28
Abandoned Flint Northwestern High School: 21:28 - 25:38
Abandoned Flint Civic Park Elementary: 25:38 - 27:33
Conclusion: 27:33 - 30:09
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I appreciate your spread of information. I must say most places anywhere have bad areas. You see the abandonment, but many people in Flint work hard for what they have and there are successful areas. We need people to speak up about that too! Shed light on that too.
There are zero “successful areas” in flint.
@@mrob2185 I’m sorry you feel that way. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.
@@mrob2185 The court,jail and Hurley Hospital are succeeding in Flint
Born at Hurley hospital and lived on Lion st until age of 3. Moved to flushing, and currently still in Flushing. Love to see Flint rebuild
Lyon Street
@@user-px9nx9pc7k haha you are correct
Native Flintstoner here. I was born and raised in Flint. Graduated from Kersley in ‘91. I hung on until 2000, Then I had to go. I couldn’t raise my family or send my kids to public school anymore. It’s such a shame and so sad to see what has befallen a once great place. It was a wonderful place to grow up in the ‘80s. I blame a lot on the UAW constantly demanding more every year. Big ups homie!
Raised and just graduated from Kearsley 2022.
Graduated from kearsley in 2019
Kearsley 2007
I don’t disagree, I don’t debate politics and such anyway as I don’t know that much, besides respect others is important. I’d just add that it’s difficult to say one thing is at fault, UAW, is a factor but I see the federal government as a large contributor. GM is probably given a lot more credit for Flints conditions than they actually earned, it is a corporate entity. It is a profit driven company and you see the upper middle management out of jobs as well. also the 80’s being so infamous for the self centered attitude. Society is a product of the people and their values. There weren’t many values I could see but I always believed Flint was just about 30 years or so ahead of the rest of the country.
I lived there for 40+ years and the only reason Flint isn't a complete wasteland is because of the UAW. I encourage all to watch "Roger and Me" to get the full context of the harm GM, and its subsidiaries, did to Genesee county both economically and environmentally. Once GM filed bankruptcy in 2008 it released them from $500 million of environmental cleanup liabiltiy.
I've lived in Flint for 12 years. I've never had anybody break into my house that I didn't know personally. It's all about who you associate yourself around.
Truth. I lived most of my life in, and around, Flint and have found that everyone deserves respect no matter their socioeconomic status. Kindness breeds kindness and if you mind your own business and be polite you'll never have an issue.
It's pretty bad, I have to go there once a week for work and when I go there to get on the train. I always high tail it out of there as fast as I can.
I come back to this series all the time. I appreciate this thorough coverage of Flint so much!
I moved from Miami to Flint to help the housing build back up and help the community. They have already been putting funding back into infrastructure so I can’t be the only one that sees potential. I don’t see why it can’t come back and bring new opportunities to America 🗽
Know of any work around here? Im a struggling electrical apprentice I live in flint now came up from Florida I have extensive construction experience
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@@abandonedwilderness1104 im a development project manager I know of a ton
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This video brings back so many childhood memories and gives me anxiety and makes me sad and angry all at the same time
Just for perspective about the schools-Southwestern may be technically a magnet school in name, but it's the defacto high school after the reconciliation of the other high schools in the city into one building. You could maybe argue it was magnet when I went there in the early-mid 2000s, but in practice other highschools like Northern/Central had as many specialized courses (not to mention the county Skill Center that many of us went to for more career specific courses) and students would be bussed between these schools during the day as necessary.
Decent raw documentary, thank you for sharing.
I’m from the Detroit area. Flint or Detroit, take your pick. It’s sad because both cities have such a rich, prosperous history.
Great info . Good video . Thanks .
I lived in this section of Flint. The only good thing rent is really cheap. I had a one bedroom apartment for 450 a month with utilities included.
For comparison contrast watch "1963 Flint Michigan the great community ".
It's like watching a post apocalyptic barren landscape. It's like playing fallout 4
I was born in Flint in 1976. I went to Flint Northwestern High School. I have recently moved and I don’t see it getting any better. I really am amazed at how it has changed over the years. Raising a family there is not good. My advice is that if you can leave to do so. I recommend because it would give a brighter future for the up coming young. But this is just my opinion. There are no elementary, junior high or high schools left. I don’t know where the city is headed but I definitely now where it came from.
Don't forget to add when President Clinton signed an after Free trade agreement in the 90s we still have 77,000 GM jobs after we sign that they went to Canada and Mexico we only have 7,000 GM jobs
And it had signs of coming back under Trump, that is all long gone now. Damn shame, same in Detroit.
@@michaelwright1602i bet you own a Made in Chine MAGA hat. What a scammer he was
@@brianmiller5444 No, I actually do not.
Great work on the videos Chris! I was born in Flint 1961 and me and a lot of my family worked for GM at one time or another . My Dad @ Fisher body Ternstedt 42yrs..Keep the vids coming!
Wow what a great video. I was born in flint as well and learned so much in this video. Thank you
Great info for real!
I grew up in flint and I pray e very day that we get it together. I caught multiple felonies in flint overdosed over a handful of times, I had to escape it or I was going to die in it. Lost so many ppl in flint to murders and overdoses it is so sad. One day I hope to see flint in videos for good instead of videos like this. Pray for my city yall
Too late for prayers brother. Flint is dead and stink'n.
@@jerryspencer5453 Word
Chris, thank you so much for posting these videos. I was born in Flint in 1957; my father had a house on Jennings Road halfway between Pierson Road and Pasadena. I graduated from Hamady High School in 1975, and I worked at the Chevrolet Flint Engine Plant until 1979 when I was laid off. I moved to California in early 1980, but, Flint has always held a special place in my heart, it is so sad to see what has become of this town.
The last time that I was there was the fall of 1984. I would love to see more videos of the area where my fathers house was, Jennings between Pierson and Pasadena, and a drive by Hamady High School. I looked online and as far as I know the High School is still open.
I have a High School buddy who now lives in Northern Michigan, but, every now and then he still goes to Flint, he tells me how a lot of the stores/restaurants in our area are long gone. Again, thanks for the videos, and please do consider making a video of my old neighborhood...
@@Henry_Jones career wise, yes, it has been very good to me, but, I still miss all of the green landscape and the lakes in Michigan. When I first moved here I brought my boat with me, but, I sold it shortly after arriving because there are no decent lakes within driving distance from where I live, and the ones that are around the people were just nuts on the water. And now, if you have been following what is going on politically here in California, it's time to leave.
@@Henry_Jones Very monotonous; 12 hours a day doing the same thing over and over. But, I would swap jobs every chance that I could just to do something different.
@@Henry_Jones Basically government work... That's all I can say.
@@Henry_Jones When I was laid off, I was really upset; I had a lot of plans laid out, and after I was laid off all of my plans went up in smoke..
Hamady High is still there. It is mostly African-American in make up now. Their football team is currently making a deep run in the state high school football playoffs in their division. The stretch of Jennings between Pierson and Pasadena isn't as bad as much of Flint City as most houses are still standing but there are some vacant lots and businesses like "Bob's Garage". Clio Road and Pierson Rd aren't like they used to be with high crime and gang activity.
Hey Chris I love your videos keep up the good work.
Thank you, I'll try!
i was an eastsider for 32 years. i miss the good ole days. such a shame to see how it is now. i was kinda crushed when Angeloes closed up. i was there almost daily .
I miss the smell of Angelo's. I don't know how many times I had no intentions of getting any food from there but as soon as I ride by and that smell hits my nose, it was over😅
I was born and raised there... what a HORRIFIC town... best part of Flint was the sign that says LEAVING GENESSEE COUNTY... was never anything there and no good memories!
Born and raised on the south side of Flint. Moved away when I got married in 1989. Had many friends who went to school at those closed schools. So sad to see this once great city reduced to this.
Raised in Flint since I was 5, I'm 19 now. Lived in Mount Morris Township off of Dort and Coldwater my whole life. Parents just moved to the Southside recently but overall, I'm hoping to move on away from Flint in the future.
same here man, isn't much left here for anyone to enjoy and I don't want my future family to have to go through the same thing
Good job Chris ❤
The cut away as he rolls stop signs. You've definitely have drove around Detroit lol
BORN IN FLINT
FLINT GENERAL HOSPITAL 1946
WENT BACK TO FAMILY HOMESTEAD IN KENTUCKY.
MOVE AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
FLINT HAS BEEN RUN BY THE UAW/DEMOCRATS FOR 90 YEARS.
MOVE
Just like the Detroit area , there seems to be an overabundance of liquor & Lottery markets
This is so sad to see. I was born and raised in Flint and remember it differently. I also graduated from Flint Northern. I’m hoping it will turn around.
Chris, one of these videos on Pontiac would be interesting, I lived there for a couple years in mid-late 90s, story would likely be very similar to Flints.
One of my first videos was on Pontiac. I made it nearly 3 years ago. I’ve learned how to make better videos since then, but here it is czcams.com/video/PNKuksu2Ju4/video.html
@@ChrisHarden thank you, will watch!!
My old neighborhood. I went to Civic Park Elementary in the early 60's. Thanks.
Born and raised in Flint Every school I ever attended was closed. I left in 2015 and to see it run down that much more is heartbreaking. I lost more friends than I care to count in that city. I vowed not to return until I could come back and rebuild. Funny they wiped the memory away of Jerusalem in my eyes!!! Shalawam
Lol I was born in the north as I never got why people said that I always feel most un easiest on the east side of my city
GM's HQ is in Detroit, the Tech Center (city within a city) is in Warren, which is in Macomb County, and they have the Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Oakland County.
What is your background music--love it. thx
Crush by Makeup and Vanity Set!
Just so unfortunate. I do love the background music.
Great video once again. I can't find the video for the southwest side of Flint. Is it out yet? Thanks
Check back on Friday it’ll be uploaded then
@@ChrisHarden Thank you.
Flint will never change unless the people start changing themselves. I worked in a Flint school for about 5yrs and the parents of these kids are absolutely terrible and shameful. Obviously there are good people in Flint but there are A LOT of shitty parents that aren't paying attention to their kids. You could dress the city up as nice as you'd like but until the north side of Flint is cleaned up it will always be like this.
I went to schools in flint they weren’t as bad as the school in Memphis but northern was way behind the school I went to in Minnesota
I moved to WI from Flint in my 20s... im 51 now.... My dad worked at GM before they shut down, and i went to Flint Central. It really makes me angry and sad to see Flint the way it is.
Some residents paint the inside of their windows black and then hang black sheets over the windows. Then they will only have 1 tiny lamp on the floor in each room. This is so no one can see inside and shoot them.
The pipes in Flint can't be fixed because car dependent cities rely on growth in order to fund infrastructure maintenance, and Flint continues to shrink, decreasing the taxpayer base year after year. People moving away after the water crisis obviously continued the feedback loop. There is a lot of heart in this community though and it can only get better from here. I hope they find a way to sustainably rebuild this area.
Already following is like. It’s crazy how abandoned flint is. There was one night someone went around Waterloo and set 4 unoccupied homes on fire and an abandoned factory. The site supervisor came in that morning I was like someone is going around acting like this is Detroit she’s like I’ve noticed.
Retired right outside Flint after being in and out of area with GM. Flint on rebound over last ten years. I really like the area and not from Michigan originally.
Not sure if crime is down or if it is really hard to report the crime. People give up trying to report their crime here due to the lack of police force and personnel to take the report. 😭😭
That could very well be
Crime isn't down. I work security in Flint there's gunshots almost every single day in the surrounding neighborhood, nobody bats an eye. It's normal for people around here.
@@Etrao Yup, and we keep electing people that won't do anything about it. 😭😭😭
Correct, after hours of wait time, people eventually quit calling the police
@@EtraoI just read your comment. Didn't they have regular patrol in areas throughout the city. I met some people from the area and they spoke highly of the city. Is it still that bad?
I'd say it's a toss up between Flint, MI and Cairo, Il. I've been to both and thankfully, survived.
So sad to see Flint now. I loved it there. Some great people and musicians. Conto's was a blast back in the 80's and the Machine Shop is one of the coolest venues in the country.
Hey Chris, love your videos. As a Michigan native, I'm taking personal responsibility to learn more about the history of our state so I may have context of why the way things are now. Do you know of any resources of learning more about Flint's racial segregation and racism? I would love to learn more about it in your videos but I can understand why you don't go too deep on the subject very often.
Chris, I grew up there in the 1960’s. I was wondering if you could drive down Westmoreland. Behind the north Flint plaza. Also Powers high school on Carpenter road. It’s been 30 years since I’ve been there to visit. Its sad to see the city destroyed. Thank you
Terry, we were living in the same area; look at my post..
Stay tuned
Powers is on court st and miller today. It’s a beautiful building
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@@terryargo Phil?
Most definitely...left a year ago after 25 years I had enough..New home Tuscaloosa Alabama
Grew up outside Detroit in the 50s my family coming from Tenn to there in the 30s for better job chances. I always sensed a hostility of native ganders to the mass influx of white and black southeners coming for jobs and changing what Michigan had been. Ethnic slurs were common then and I was a hillbilly, the Poles in Hamtramck polacks, and Italians/ other mediterranean the dagos/wops. There were two major school systems there, public and parochial, and while the public schools had the rare catholic, for sure the parochial had zero southern transplants. Recall when both Flint and Detroit rode high. And glad I made it out when I did.
It will take a community and a positive mindset to bring back Flint
Hahhaha
@@amirsaeedadarreykeyonteagu7335 I guess I forgot to emphasize “POSITIVE MINDSET”
Larry Arrn is the president of Hillsdale college. Hillsdale has been promoting the classical American education since 1861
Flint is a dead company town. You only need a fraction number of jobs to run a auto plant as you did in the 1960s. Even if the auto manufacturing jobs come back the city will never be in it's glory days again. Why save flint? For the nostalgia of retiring workers who plan on moving out of the state? Millennials & Gen Z should focus on communities where if one company goes under it doesn't turn it into a former rust belt manufacturing town.
We moved away from Flint to Shiawassee county 25 years ago. Best thing I ever did.
I lived in flint majority of my life, I hate saying bad things about my hometown, but it really has nothing good to offer, and I have no plans of ever going back.
As someone still here. GOOD FOR YOU NEVER COME BACK THIS PLACE IS A SHIT HOLE.
👍
Interesting the city has so many abandoned schools yet they still pay to mow the grass on a building that is boarded up, vandalized and in disrepair.
My brother and sisters went to northern before it moved to the school shown
I deliver pizza in Flint so it's wild seeing houses and neighborhoods I deliver in
Yes. The attitude of it's citizens is part of the problem.
Every municipal water systems built before 1965 are questionable 🤔
I stayed in Pontiac Michigan and the water mad me sick until I got back home🤮
My whole street empty now. People from other cities don’t know what it’s like to have NO jobs. We use to drive to Fowlerville to make $8 and hour
My mother grew up near Flint Northern in one of the adjacent neighborhoods before it was built and while it was being built and she tells me stories of when it was just a field. Civic Park is an interesting story. My late grandmother worked there for a long time and retired when the school closed. It was going to be turned into an assisted living facility or some sort of other facility, but as seen here, plans never went through. There also used to be a playground in fair condition behind Civic Park that they demolished. Across the street from the school are a few shops, and in the vacant space with the theater space, there used to be a local market, but that was torn down in the late 90s. Civic Park neighborhood has a lot of interesting history and is said by many to be one of the first truly planned developments in the United States. A little sad he didn't feature Bassett Park in the main video as it's not too bad compared to the surrounding area.
What is the sinister song's name that played in the first minute of this video?
Even though there are a lot of destitute cities and towns across the U.S. like Flint, Gary, East St. Louis or Cairo Illinois, nowhere can even come close to matching the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Even the 'nicest' towns in the reservation have poverty rates exceeding 50%, and the town of Allen, South Dakota has a poverty rate of close to 96%.
Do you think the eastern areas of East St Louis by Belleville are actually less blighted/abandoned than most of the city
Left flint in 2007. Nothing like it and miss it all the time. There’s still a lot of good in Flint.
I was born and raised in Flint. I left my hometown in 1988 And then returned in 2020 I don't recognize any more. Buick City is gone, Downtown Chevrolet is gone, the Genessee Tower is gone, and Part of the Fisher Body plant is gone. My old high school Flint Central Close. I remember in High School. My instructor asked me do I have an interest outside of Flint. I said yes television broadcaster who told me to go there was no future here in Flint.
You should go to the small town of Flora IL it is located in Clay County IL
One day!
Chris out here doing his brother James in the NBA proud.
My grandpa was the original James Harden 👍🏻
Lol, I got robbed at the hinky dinky market back in 2018. You can see it at 12:26
The ole Hinky Dinky. That place has been there forever.
I live in Flint been struggling still struggling to be honest if your low income it's affordable here but you may still struggle but it's not bad here other then the water is crap and they charge to much for it water should be free if you ask me all things considered
Did you see what they did to other cities too. Hmm some have no factories to blame either. Smh
The abandonment is so hard to comprehend there’s parts of this country where huge numbers peoples houses get destroyed every 10 years or so and these people rebuild. Seems like Michigan everyone just gives up and moves 20 miles away. You would think this decay would chase this way of thinking outward of the cities.
Job loss in the auto industry was in part due to the US Congress. Congress wanted to divest the USA of the Teamsters union, in doing so, other unions were also effected. Couple this with economic downturn and improvements in technology caused the quick erosion. NAFTA was the final nail in the job coffin ⚰️.
That marathon at chev and Welch be lit race cars donks g rides you name it be up there all hours of the night def a wild wild place at night
East Side in the house raised in Flint loved it was a nice town till it was not ....much love Marci t
It's too bad!
Looks like a nice town that was abandoned. Nothing has been updated so it's like looking into the past.
As unusual as it sounds, I can get an understanding of what it must've been like when people came flooding into the city from the 1920s to the 1950s. It takes a little imagination but think of all those who have left in the past couple of decades and imagine that being an influx of people. At one point Flint couldn't supply enough housing. All of what we are seeing was at one point forests.
Makes me grateful to live in the town I live in. I live in a great small suburb named Lombard Illinois. I hope Chris will stop by us. We are your safe, average and quiet suburb, we only have 45,000 residents. We have great schools, a nice downtown, a safe county, and plenty to do in and around Lombard, we even still have our own mall.
One day I will
@@ChrisHarden 👍.I love this traveling channel,I’ve been subscribed for 2 years now and I’m liking the Michigan content. Flint just seems like a depressing area tho.
@@ChrisHarden Ya . . . I watch a lot of ur vids and a couple vid collections of the best town in eh USA, like 10 in a row, would be great. Probably wouldn't get a lot of views though would it, lol.
@@TDurden527 I have quite a few videos on nice places actually. You just have to dig in my channel library because CZcams won't promote them.
Hi I used to live in near by Elmhurst. I am really fond of that area, Yorktown mall was my favorite spot for grabbing a quick bite when I was still single.
Chris, what are your thoughts on the Netflix series about Flint ?
I watched it a couple of years ago… don’t remember all of it, but what makes “Flint Town” interesting is that it shows the cops perspective of things, and there’s not much content out there on any platform these days that shows that angle.
I am born and raised in Flint, when the water crisis first broke out, I was maybe 15 years old. I never had problems with the water. I never did drink the water but I did bathe in the water. I moved not too far from flint and still don’t have a problem with it.
How did you not mention Terry Crews?
Dale kildee was the congressman from 1973 till his nephew Dan took over and the encombant as of the election last Tuesday
Flint was probably the worst city of the 2010s, Gary was the worst of the 2000s
Is this a re-upload? Pretty sure I've already seen this video, or did you just use the same intro as another flint video?
The intro is the same for all of my flint videos. Maybe I shouldn’t be using intros at all though. Hmm. 🤔 I’ve done away with them for a while but I brought them back for Flint.
(And no, I’m not saying this because you said anything bad. Just thinking out loud.)
Excellent video. I much prefer the U.P. because of it's rural and quiet atmosphere. I'd never live in Flint! haha
My grandma use to send me to hunky dinky to play her numbers lol
At one point in time everyone knew everyone in Clarkston michigan, then a whole crap load of people move to Clarkston there was a massive amount of Land development, suddenly there was no commonality amongst the people of clarkston. It turned into a bunch of unfamiliar faces. That's one thing Flint has that I missed so much for so long, at least where I am in Flint, everyone pretty much knows everyone. When we first moved here we had neighbors introducing themselves right away, made all kinds of good friends. Anything can happen anywhere! There was all kinds of dirt happening in Clarkston all the time, however it would get cleaned up/swept under the rug before they'd allow the news to catch wind of it or allow it to be put in the news paper. Don't be misled by exaggerated statistics and the fake news! Just go watch the movie American beauty with Kevin Spacey lol! It's a great example of middle class suburbia 😂😂😂😂😂😂. They paint such a pretty picture on the outside, but boy oh boy! If anyone ever knew what was going on behind closed doors! Lol! I've noticed most people in Flint are real! In those little Richie Rich towns, there is a ton of fake ass phony people. I think I'd rather be murdered by a crazed stranger in FLINT , then have a bunch of phony/ fake ass friends in a uppity rich town. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My personal theory, those arson's we performed by laid off firefighters. The buildings targeted were not in places that would cause widespread fires. It was a retaliation hit for being laid off.
water did no harm at all
Flint Michigan is the first cousin of Gary Indiana and Camden nj is its uncle , from
Either the Father’s side or the mother s side of the family how sad but true😮
A city in the running for worst would be Niagara Falls NY. Another city that lost over half its population. Toxic chemicals, corruption, mafia and urban blight galore. I think you would find it fascinating.
Yep can't forget about Love Canal
I actually went there in February of 2020… had no clue on how to film for a good video back then though.
I hate Flint, Michigan so much!
My daughter use to work in flirt with a guy, she told me that she had a few people tell her "I got what you need" when she stopped at gas stations, had another guy try and sell her shoes but who knows with that. She definitely thinks that it's better but it still needs work. She prays every night for flint and everyone there.
I grew-up in Flint.
There are a *lot* of inaccuracies about the city and its past, in this video.
Example: There were plenty of white-collar jobs in Flint. Buick had its world headquarters on Hamilton Ave, Chevrolet and Buick both had engineering departments located in Flint, and there were various other administrative offices.
I lived in one of the neighborhoods shown here, and attended Flint Northern -- the high school shown in in the video. I watched it being built, in 1972, while attending Anderson Elementary, next door.
It breaks my heart to see what's happened to my hometown, since I left, but it annoys TF out of me to hear the judgmental snark regarding the condition of various parts of the city.
[It might be interesting to note that Civic Park elementary burned, in 1972, and its inside was rebuilt. Their students attended my elementary (Anderson) while the rebuild was in process. I saw it burn, at the time.]
Cool.
My Mom went to Flint Northern High School.